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Show Barnes, Doilney sell interest in Silver Mill business to locate here." Fields has personally spent a great deal of time researching research-ing the best kinds of businesses to go into the mall. In a statement which may surprise some locals, he said there will be no anchor, or major store. "We feel the community will be best served by a variety of high-quality boutiques. bou-tiques. There will be lots of clothes and lots of art but very little in the way of ski things. We are not looking to be competitive with already existing businesses in town.. The entire fourth floor will offer a wide selection of the best in convenience foods. There will be outdoor seating which will feature a 360-degree 360-degree view of Park City." Fields maintained that Silver Mill would continue to focus on Main Street. "Our wish list, if the city will allow us, is to build a number of office spaces. Long range, we want to see Park City become less and less dependent on the tourist market and more diversified with a solid retail base and more white collar workers." Mike Doilney was out of town and unavailable for comment, but Mike Barnes said the sale will allow him more time to spend on his Deer Valley project, La Macconerie, a 15-unit condo development. ' ' I love Park City and I plan to remain here," Barnes said. by Teri Gomes Since 1979, Mike Barnes, Mike Doilney, Jon Krass and Randy Fields have been the four partners in Silver Mill of Park City, a local investment company. But all that changed this week when Doilney and Barnes sold their interests to majority partner, Randy Fields. "This has turned out to be a situation where everybody felt good about the outcome," out-come," said Barnes. "The magnitude of Silver Mill was just encompassing more things than Mike Doilney and I wanted to be involved in. And Randy Fields is committed commit-ted to the growth of Silver Mill along with the growth of his several companies. It was a logical move for everyone concerned." The fourth partner in the group, Jon Krass, a California Califor-nia businessman, is reported to have a minority position in the company. Currently, Silver Mill of Park City is involved with a number of projects including the Main Street Marketplace Mall. In addition, the investment invest-ment group has other real estate holdings along Main Street, Swede Alley and in Deer Valley. Silver Mill also owns the historic Depot building presently on the market for $725,000. For Fields, the acquisition made sense. "The partners wished to sell. I'm deeply committed to seeing the mall become a reality but also to seeing office buildings completed and more technical kinds of businesses brought to Main Street and Park City. To that end we have brought Mrs. Fields to Park City and we will move it to Main Street when the office space is completed. But more recently recent-ly we have encouraged a computer software company and a satellite television |